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Odyssey character and places

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  • People at last stop of Odysseus before Ithaca
    Phaeacians
  • God of sea, earthquakes, storms, horses
    Poseidon
  • home of King Alcinous
    Phaeacia
  • People at Ismarus
    Cicones
  • Old swineherd & friend of Odysseus
    Eumaeus
  • King of Ithaca
    Odysseus
  • daughter of Helios
    Lampetia
  • home of Helen and Menelaus (where Paris went to woo her)
    Sparta
  • goddess of discord who threw the golden apple...
    Eris
  • Prince of Troy who stole Helen
    Paris
  • King and keeper of the winds
    Aeolus
  • The father of Odysseus
    Laertes
  • Blind prophet who advises Odysseus
    Tiresias
  • Young member of Odysseus’ crew
    Elpenor
  • Enchantress who transforms the crew into swine
    Circe
  • dangerous whirlpool monster
    Charybdis
  • Leader among Penelope’s suitors
    Antinous
  • Sea nymph who loves Odysseus & keeps him captive for 7 years
    Calypso
  • Son of Odysseus and Penelope
    Telemachus
  • Goddess of wisdom, warfare, and the city
    Athena
  • God of the sun who has a herd of cattle on his island
    Helios
  • Gray rock Sea monster with 6 heads
    Scylla
  • Wife of Odysseus
    Penelope
  • King of the Phaeacians to whom Odysseus tells his story
    Alcinous
  • King of the gods
    Zeus
  • A cyclopes / man-eating one-eyed monster
    Polyphemus
  • Member of the crew who stands up against Odysseus
    Eurylochus
  • Housekeeper for Penelope
    Eurynome
  • muse Homer invokes at the beginning
    Calliope
  • race of cannibal giants who sink most of Odysseus' ships
    Lestrygonians